Former Indian spinner Harbhajan Singh took a dig at Indian skipper Rohit Sharma, who was seen passing some information to batters in the middle through Ishan Kishan. The video went viral during India’s second innings in the 3rd Test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy series against Australia.
Rohit Sharma had an animated conversation with Ishan Kishan, it looked like he wants an Indian batter to play big shots than defend more balls. Ishan later rushed in during a drinks break to pass on the message to Cheteshwar Pujara.
When asked about that incident on Star Sports, Harbhajan Singh said that he was not aware of the actual message, but Harbhajan said that batters in the middle know the conditions very well, and the captain must let the batsman play in their own game.
“I don’t know what the actual message was sent. If the message was to look to play over mid-on, the player inside knows the situation and conditions the best and what the ball is doing. Let him play, let him understand what needs to be done in that situation. No one can judge better than him how easy or difficult it is to hit over mid-on. Watching from the outside, we feel that he can hit above mid-on, but sometimes it does not happen,” he said.
Pujara responded by hitting the six and Rohit was happy with Pujara’s shot he got out in a couple of overs of Nathan Lyon’s bowling and a brilliant catch by Steve Smith. India was bundled out for 163 runs and Nathan Lyon was the top wicket-taker for Australia with 8 wickets.
Harbhajan Singh Defends Shubman Gill’s Shot Selection In The Third Test
Harbhajan Singh backed young Shubman Gill after he failed in the third test of the Border Gavaskar Trophy. Shubman Gill replaced out-of-form KL Rahul in the third test but failed to impress. Harbhajan defended Shubman Gill’s approach to going for big shots
“You have to look out for the opportunity to score runs. You need to see where you can get a four. Shubman wanted to go for a six, and when you consider the pitch condition here, his approach was right because you can’t defend on this pitch for long,” he added.
Shubman Gill will look to make a comeback and score some runs in the fourth and final test of the Border-Gavaskar Trophy which will be held in Ahmedabad where Shubman Gill plays for Gujarat Titans in IPL.